Murray v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county by Edwin Murray, doing business under tbe name and style of the Murray Institute, to recover $100 for the treatment of an inebriate, committed to said institution under the provisions of Laws 1897, c. 260. From an order, Brill, J., overruling a demurrer to the complaint, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
The question presented by the record in this case for our decision relates to the constitutionality of Laws 1897, c. 260, entitled "An act to provide for the treatment of inebriates by counties and prescribing rules governing the same.” The defendant urges several objections to the validity of this act, but we find it necessary to consider only one of them, which is to the effect that the act violates sections 33 and 34 of article 4 of the state constitution, in that it is special legislation as to the affairs of counties, and is not uniform in its operation throughout the state.
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